Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-18
HORSE GOSSIP.


The dates of the grand circuit meeting
at Rochester will be August 9 tol2
There are 30 horses lust outside the . ~
troltlng list, their best records being
22Ol4.
hobert steel has purchased the blk. m.
Mlneretta by Administrator, dam Buzz
Medium, from II. &. Smith of New York,
rLittle Gift" a horse formerly owned
IN Piattsburgh, dropped dead on the driv-
ing park at Montreal the other day. He
was valued at $1,000.
The bay yearliug colt Judge Rider, Bill
~ W I ,i; lson of Harry Wilkes 2l4&D,
has been sold by Daniel Sapp, Pekin, nj,
to NJ f. Mcllenry, Freeport, III.
Macy Brothers, Versailles, Ky, have
SOLD to ". II. Sellers, Kansas City, ?
year-old Messenger Chief filly, price $40
an onward colt, years, dam by Almont,
price 500, and a yearling, by Macey's
damolet"nlan, for 1913. He is finely
=. J. Treach of Ashland Park, Licking
ton, Ky, has sold to Charles Pratt of Til
ca, the two-year-old colt Repetition, by
Red Wilkes, dam, Mamie Dillara. nv
Johh Dlllard price, $1,000. Repetition last
Iall won the free-for-all breeders stakes,
hali-mile heats, in l:24$4 and l:25.
Edward De Cernea of New York has
solu 70 John Waters of Baltimore the b.
g Schuyball, by Gooding's Champion, for
$500; also the b. z. Alexander ,by Almont,
Tor 5000, Mr.. De Cernea has purchased
Gaoe Post, by Andy Johnson, and John
W, 1884, and the slX-year-old geldinp
Rysdyk, by William NJ. Rysdyk.
r. b. Metcalf and T. c. Jefferson have
purchased from Mr.. Bates of New York,
the trottlng stallion Artillery, 2.2ll5, foal-
cd 1913, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, dam
] tlN 4lNr'.y \
L. Jefferson is young breeder, and runs
livery and sale stable in Lexington
| Metcalf pays for two-thlrds of the horse
and Mr.. Jefferson one,third
The even-year-old stallion Volunteer
Clay, by Harry Clay, dam by Volunteer,
has been sold byJ. d. Willis of Middle
town, n. " to X. r. Ross, a well-knowH
templates selling all the stock at the Or.
ange county farm and retiring from the
business. He still has on the place old
Harry Clay, now in his 34th year, and long
ago retired from the stud. The old horse
Is carefully looked after but is failing
longer.
The trotting stock of the late Sheppard
| r, Knapp was sold recently by auction at
New York, the thirteen head bringing
S6245. The highest priced ones were as
follows Chenille, bl. s., foaled 1880, by
Messenger Duroc, Hattie Hogan, David
Bonner, New York city, $1,000 Sweetness,
b. m, foaled 1880 by Messenger Duroc,
Fanny Clay, John d. Barry, New York
city, $50 Cleveland, CHI. e, foaled 1879 by
| Virgo Hambetonian, Seybolt mare. A
Greene, New York city $3.50.
AT the annual meeting of the horse
breeders at Rutland the following per
sons TO serve as the executive committee
for three years We're elected; j. y. North
of Shoreham, f. +. Brownell of Burlng
ton, II. >. Town of Montpelier, f. H. Far
rlngton of Brandon and f. Bowman of
Rutland. The report of the treasurer,
Joseph Battell, showed that the total gate
receipts of the three days exhibition held
at Rutland last September were $SSS "a
The membership fees amounted to S2O5 25
The amount received from stakes and en-
trance fees was Sl46S The entire receipts
amounted 10 s2!06.29. Adding gift of
S25 from Colonel Hooker the total receipts
are S273l.29. There was paid out on stakes
s2O5s The miscellaneous expenses
amounted to s674.4l, making the total ex-
DenSeS 1922 Al